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C1785
carte-de-lentree-de-norton-et-du-detroit-de-bher-james-cook
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From the French edition of Cook’s voyages. Chart of Norton Sound and of Bherings Strait made by the East Cape of Asia and the West Point of America. Bering Sea Chukchi Sea
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Full Title:
carte-de-lentree-de-norton-et-du-detroit-de-bher-james-cook
Date:
C1785
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1785
Description:
From the French edition of Cook’s voyages.
Chart of Norton Sound and of Bherings Strait made by the East Cape of
Asia and the West Point of America. Bering Sea Chukchi Sea
James Cook (1728 - 1779)
Cook was the most important navigator of the Age of Enlightenment, a period that saw the mystery of the Southland resolved, the discovery of New Zealand, Hawaii, numerous Pacific Islands and confirmation that a Northwest Passage did not exist. Cook was born in Yorkshire, England, the son of a Scottish labourer and apprenticeship for three years under John Walker, a Quaker coal-shipper of Whitby. In 1755 Walker offered him a command, but instead Cook joined HMS Eagle and within a month was master's mate. After two years on the Channel service, he was promoted master of the Pembroke, and in 1758 crossed the Atlantic in her and took part in the siege of Louisburg and the survey of the St Lawrence River that led to the capture of Quebec. Returning to England in 1762 he married Elizabeth Batts (1742-1832?) of Shadwell, whom he was to rarely see in the ensuing years at sea. Cook then famously commanded three voyages that ended with his death on the island of Hawaii on 14 February 1779.
